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So about a month or so ago, I decided that I needed to start learning a command line text editor. XCode, the editor I had been using for Python files, didn't work very well with the new version (in particular, the essential plugin that I'd been using to clear trailing whitespace on save doesn't yet work in XCode 4). I'd been using TextWrangler for other things, and started to switch to it for Python editing too. As far as free GUI text editors on the Mac go, TextWrangler is the best.
But I'd seen some of the nice features that vim has, like automatically keeping all lines under 80 characters, on a friend's computer, and I decided that I should try it.
Now, I had had a little prior experience with both vim and emacs, but all that I remembered was for vim that
i inserts and
ZZ quits (for when I accidentally open it) and for emacs, that
M-X doctor starts the psychiatrist.
So I've decided to try them out, doing it cold turkey. To make sure that I choose the better one, I've decided to try both. So, starting about a week ago, I've been using nothing but vim for all my text editing. Starting in January, I will try using emacs, and after two weeks, I will see what I like better.
My opinions so far on vim:
vimtutor (type that in the command line), which I think comes with vim. It's not bad, but it leaves out a few things that I would consider to be essential to a tutorial, for example, how to scroll (answer: use CTRL-D and CTRL-U). I started the emacs tutorial a while back, and while I never finished it, from what I remember, it was much better (and I also remember that the first thing it talked about was how to scroll by more than one line at a time). It also left out the
. command, which I think is rather useful. I did print out this cheatsheet and have it sitting next to me on my desk. That has helped a lot. I hope I can find something similar for emacs when I get to it.
l at the end of a line can't bring me to the beginning of the next line. Maybe I'm just still doing it wrong (supposedly, you should rarely use
h and
l over more efficient moving commands).
If there are any vim experts out there reading this, I have some questions:
:, it puts 8 extra spaces. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the result of some mismatch/error in my .vimrc or .vim/ files, but I don't know how to fix it
EDIT: I thought of some more questions:
Finally, if anyone else is thinking of starting vim, I have some useful things I've already found in my .vimrc. So you might take a look at that, and add the ones that you like to your .vimrc. Finally, if you are on Mac OS X, you should use iTerm2. Actually, you should use this regardless of what text editor you use. It's a very good Terminal.app replacement that has virtually all the features (with a couple of exceptions) as Terminal.app, and a ton of extra ones. The one I want to mention here is mouse reporting support, so you can use your mouse to do things in vim. This is very useful, as sometimes, e.g., when selecting text, using the mouse is just more efficient. Also, if you get frustrated trying to remember the commands that will move around you faster than
k, and
l, you can just click on where you want to go.


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Hello everyone,
How is raising kids in Brunei different from raising kids in your home country?
What are the activities that your kids seem to enjoy the most in Brunei?
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Roundabout Theatre's Artistic Director Todd Haimes Introduces PICNIC, Opening on Broadway Dec 14
Roundabout Theatre Company's Artistic Director Todd Haimes just posted a blog entry on the upcoming Broadway production Picnic, discussing his reasons for staging the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by William Inge. The show begins this Friday, December 14, 2012, directed by Sam Gold.
"In Picnic, Inge wrote about people who felt particularly close to home for him. Growing up, his mother had taken in female school teachers as tenants, and Inge was fascinated by these single women and their lives. With his father on the road a great deal and his lone brother dying when Inge was 10 years old, Inge spent his formative years surrounded mostly by women," Halmes writes. "In fact, much of Picnic shows how closely Inge was paying attention to these women, watching as they were held back by society's expectations for them. In Picnic, we can see women fighting against loneliness, being undervalued because of lack of beauty or overlooked in spite of their intelligence, desperately clinging to hopes for the future, and struggling to make it through each day. The way that Inge writes about these women is typical of his best work, in which quiet lives quickly move from a simmer to a boil, and all it takes is one tiny spark (in this case, the arrival of the attractive Hal Carter) to make everything explode."
"For a decade, Inge was celebrated for this kind of work, and then it all suddenly came crashing down. After his four hits, Inge had a string of flops," Halmes continues. "When I read Inge's plays, I am incredibly frustrated by the way that he was brushed aside in his later years.""My desire to bring Inge back into the spotlight is why I was so thrilled when the brilliant director Sam Gold approached me about reviving Picnic."
Read the rest of the blog post on Roundabout's website.
Picnic returns to Broadway in a striking new production helmed by acclaimed director Gold (Roundabout's Look Back in Anger, Seminar). Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn stars alongside theatre veterans Reed Birney (The Dream of the Burning Boy) and Elizabeth Marvel (Other Desert Cities), rising stars Maggie Grace ("Lost") and Sebastian Stan ("Gossip Girl"), Emmy Award winner Mare Winningham (recently seen in Tribes), Madeleine Martin (August: Osage County) and Ben Rappaport (Hope Springs).
It's a balmy Labor Day in the American Heartland, and a group of women are preparing for a Picnic... but they'll have to lay a lot on the line before they can lay out the checkered cloths. When a handsome young drifter named Hal (Stan) arrives, his combination of uncouth manners and titillating charm sends the women reeling, especially the beautiful Madge (Grace). When Hal is forced out of town, Madge must decide whether their fleeting encounter is worth changing the course of her life. Sensual, passionate and delightfully funny, Picnic is a timeless American classic about the line between restraint and desire.
Picnic will run from December 14, 2012, to February 24, 2013 at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street). This will be a limited engagement through February 24, 2013.


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BLAISE PASCAL, Pensees
Sunday, August 21, 2011
The Last Word
BLAISE PASCAL, Pensees
Posted by Cheryl at 5:31 PM
Labels: Cooking, Domestic Assistance, Food, Frustrations, Fungating Tumour, Quote
12 comments:
- diane b said...
A sad tale. If only I could help you I would. It must be so frustrating and scary knowing treatment is not working. All my love and best wishes.
- August 21, 2011 at 6:15 PM
- Alli said...
I have been having a difficult time sleeping for many reasons.
No doubt my dear that there are many men who are inconsiderate ooofs.... I could name you a handful of the ones I have encountered over the years. My late ex hubby was Army Military all the way. We never had holidays or weekends because they were filled with rifle ranges, mess dinners, army weekends and training.
He blew you off for breakfast true..... me I would have proceeded to make dinner reservations. I know you need a break and getting away can mean so much when you feel cooped up . I wish I could tell you hop on a plane come down here... You and I need to have a good chat this week..Love Alli XXX
- August 21, 2011 at 6:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hi Chez,
having been quite busy writing and editing, I have now had time to read all the posts since I last called in here.
Your grand daughter is a beauty!
As for breakfast, I can see why this would be so upsetting for you, but men are dense... I am thinking Haydn just wanted to escape for a while, focusing on someone with a different set of difficulties, and then not willing to accept how that would be letting you down, he got angry. Men don't always process the effects of their desires (in my humble opinion). My Dad would rather get mad then face that he might have made the wrong choice. And he never apologises when his stupid friends ring early in the morning. I actually see a lot of resemblence between my dad and your H.
Anyway, I hope he bloody well fixed you something to eat before he went to the neighbour's!
ring me anytime you want a chat xoxox Starry
- August 21, 2011 at 8:23 PM
- Edwina said...
My thoughts are with you Cheryl, It saddens me reading this latest entry and I can totally understand why your feeling let down and dissapointed.
I wish more than anything that i where closer and could visit.
Sending you gentle hugs and love always~Edwina ♥
- August 21, 2011 at 11:25 PM
- Beth L. Gainer said...
I felt sad reading this and understand totally why you are blogging; it is important to leave a record of our lives, even should we live long ones.
- August 22, 2011 at 3:56 AM
- Sean said...
Everyone here is a loving friend of yours Cheryl. I don't believe there is one here who would think that the 'missed breakfast' was an isolated incident. You are far too selfless and fair minded. Ignorant insensitivity is often mistaken for apathy, but that is not an excuse. If from the other side of the world one can see the importance of the B & B outing to you, well then...
We are here for you Cheryl. To listen and support, to love and to pray. xo
- August 22, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- Kaz said...
Chez as i have always said you rock my friend and you always come first,you know what i mean.
I do agree with what Sean said,we are here with you Chez.
Love always,Kaz.xo
- August 22, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- BreastCancerSisterhood.com said...
You have so much courage and zest for life. It breaks my heart to hear how you are suffering. My prayers are with you.
- August 22, 2011 at 11:15 AM
- Diane Rodgers said...
Oh my sweet friend ...this blog has really slapped me in the face .... I knew you weren't doing well...but now after reading this today I am aware fully of where you are in this struggle with this damn cancer..... I can so understand why you are so upset with Hayden now.....when you need him most .... he is paying attention to others....breaks my heart to see this for you.... I so wish I could be there with you to spoil you and do whatever it is you want to do each day .... a simple breakfast means so much away from the house.... I can hardly stand to think you are suffering so much....please God answer our prayers for our gorgeous friend Cheryl....We know it is going to take a miracle to make her well and we know You are able ...more than able to stretch your hands down to her and heal her to complete wellness once again.....we know it is going to take a miracle and we will praise you and give you thanks and bring others to you....through her healing so many will be saved .... there is a reason for all of this and we will humble ourselves and pray knowing you are the mighty healer and deliverer....Dear Father God....PLEASE lay your hands on our Cheryl now as I type this....make her well...heal her and we will all glorify your holy name.... we will spread your love and saving grace to so many who are lost without you.....all that matters in this world is to love as you have loved us....we love you dear sweet friend ....God loves you and His will will be done in your life.....Our Father whom art in Heaven hallowed be thy name.... thy kingdom come thy will be done... this is my prayer for my friend....may Your will be done in her life.....I love you Cheryl...more than I can ever explain to you in words.....praying for you so much....lifting you and yours before the throne of God....I will love you always and forever ...never meeting you but so loving you.....God Bless you dear friend ...forever and always....Di....xox
- August 22, 2011 at 1:47 PM
- Sean said...
Very beautiful and heartfelt words Diane. I second that prayer if I may. God bless you.
- August 22, 2011 at 9:53 PM
- Diana Doyle said...
Dear Chez,
Thinking of you after reading this post.
I hope you can find lots of love from all those who read your inspiring posts....I'm sorry to read about your cancer and all thats its doing to your body.
Sending a hug to you on your joureny...and I hope you can fill your days with things that make you feel better.
Congrats on your new little grandaughter...she's beautiful! A new little soul to love.
with lots of love Chez
Diana x
- August 23, 2011 at 3:01 AM
- Rama Ananth said...
I can totally understand your feelings, for we too have been brushed aside many times in our lives. So what, when I make breakfast here and have it with coffee,I will always imagine you sitting by my side, enjoying the breakfast, chit chatting with me, sharing your life before cancer, and relating to me all the fun times you had. Believe me, the walk down the good old days would really cheer you up, and can make you jump up and say "to hell with Hayden and his insensitivity, I am alive and kicking".
- August 23, 2011 at 6:16 PM


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"Fairy Tale: The Wise Man in the Mountain Cave": 90 From Life – Day 79
This is day 79 of my 90 day challenge to do one new painting from life each day.
I love fairy tales – and folk literature in general – the earthiness, vivid characters, odd story lines, and simple but deep truths. I've been thinking about ways to translate that admiration into paint, and this is the result.
It isn't my intent to tell a particular fairy tale, or even to relate one story in general, but rather to capture some of the fantasy and quirky internal logic that makes these stories work so well. Odds are pretty good I'll be back with another Fairy Tale before long… maybe even tomorrow.


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DURHAM — Morgan Frame scored 20 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lift the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team to a 63-62 America East win over Maryland-Baltimore County on Wednesday night at Lundholm Gym.
UNH improved to 4-2 at home, 6-9 overall and 1-2 in America East. UMBC is now 5-11, 1-2.
Frame made 8 of 11 field goals as well as 4 of 6 free throws. Cari Reed finished with 14 points and seven rebounds.
UNH is at Albany next Wednesday.
UNH men fall at UMBC
BALTIMORE — Ryan Cook led Maryland-Baltimore County with 21 points and eight rebounds as the Retrievers beat the UNH men's basketball team 68-57 Wednesday night in an American East Conference game.
Brett Roseboro added 13 points and seven rebounds, and Adrian Satchell and Chase Plummer scored 11 apiece to help UMBC (3-13, 1-2) snap an eight-game losing streak.
Ahead 33-29 at halftime, UMBC pushed the lead to 41-31 when Cook made a layup with 16:53 remaining. UNH (4-11, 0-3) cut the deficit to 50-44 at the 9:30 mark, but the Retrievers responded with a 12-4 run capped by Brian Neller's jumper with 5:07 left to play. UMBC maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the game.
The Retrievers shot 51.1 percent (24 for 47) while holding the Wildcats to 33.3 percent (21 for 63) shooting for the game. Patrick Konan scored 19 points to lead the Wildcats, who have now lost six straight games.
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Microsoft Launches Nokia X2 Running Android
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The two-week U.S. Open generates over $750 million in economic impact for the city. The majority of this money is spent on hotel rooms, restaurants and other purchases by the more than 700,000 spectators who descend on the borough for the tournament each year.
In fact, in Queens alone, the U.S. Open accounts for over 2,600 hotel room nights during a time in late summer that would otherwise be slow if not for the tournament.
During the U.S. Open, we operate an information kiosk outside Arthur Ashe Stadium. Whether it's a large group of friends asking for a nice local restaurant to dine at after the matches, a couple looking to switch their hotel room to a closer, more affordable one in Queens, or a family in search of some local shopping or a local cultural institution to attend, we are inundated with tournament-goers seeking great places to eat, stay, play and meet up in our borough.
The U.S. Open also means jobs. The tournament generates more than 6,000 seasonal jobs, 41 percent of which are filled by Queens residents and 85 percent of which hail from the city. Each year the USTA hosts a job fair at the NTC to ensure local residents have the first opportunity to apply for these jobs, which can last anywhere from three weeks to six months.
It should also be noted that the NTC has a great financial impact on the local hospitality industry during the rest of the year. That's because it's open to the general public for indoor and outdoor tennis eleven months of the year, and also hosts hundreds of annual community programs.
In addition, the NTC hosts countless tournaments that bring competing teams from all over the northeast and the country to Queens to patronize our businesses. The visiting teams and their families, who typically come for several days at a time, stay at Queens hotels and eat and shop locally.
We urge all our fellow Queens residents, as well as local elected officials, to support the USTA's plan to improve the NTC because, among other things, the U.S. Open and NTC are great economic engines through visitor attraction and job creation.
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Pet owner or not, you've likely tracked dog poop into your car, your office and probably even your home. And for that reason, it's quite possible that society's top complaint about dog owners is that we don't always clean up after our pets. "I always pick up my dog's messes!" you may say. But until we all do, every single time, we're all guilty.
In addition to being a smelly nuisance, there are real pet health as well as human health reasons we need to pick up after our dogs every time:
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The technique: Instead of rolling, just combine the crust ingredients and press the sandy, crumbly mixture onto the tart pan. Start in the middle and work outward, or—if you're concerned about running out of crust as you go up the sides—start with the edges and work inward. That way, you'll have plenty of dough to form edges of uniform thickness for a pretty presentation.
The payoff: Two fewer things to do: A press-in crust eliminates the (sometimes tricky) steps of rolling out the dough and transferring it to the tart pan.
This rich, slightly gooey tart is golden from the browned butter, golden brown sugar, and golden syrup.
- Yield
- Makes 12 servings
- Active Time
- 35 minutes
- Total Time
- 3 hours 50 minutes (includes baking and cooling time)
- For crust:
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 1/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Filling:
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- 1/2 cup golden syrup (such as Lyle's Golden Syrup)
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans, toasted
- Ingredient info: Look for golden syrup at some supermarkets and at specialty foods stores.
- Special Equipment
- 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom
- For crust:
- Cook 3/4 cup butter in heavy small saucepan over medium heat until butter turns golden brown (nut-colored), watching carefully to prevent burning, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat. Pour melted brown butter into 1-cup glass measuring cup. Let melted butter stand until barely warm, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375°F. Butter bottom and sides of 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Whisk flour, brown sugar, and salt in medium bowl to blend. Add 1/2 cup of barely warm melted brown butter and stir with fork until moist dough forms (mixture will resemble wet sand). Transfer dough to prepared tart pan. Using fingertips, press dough firmly and evenly onto bottom and up sides of pan (dough will look glossy). Let crust rest 5 to 10 minutes at room temperature. Bake crust until set and just golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes.
- For filling:
- Meanwhile, whisk egg and brown sugar in medium bowl until well blended. Whisk in golden syrup, whipping cream, and salt. Stir in remaining melted brown butter, leaving most of darkened solids behind in bottom of measuring cup. Stir in pecans. Pour filling into warm crust, distributing pecans evenly.
- Bake tart until filling is browned and slightly puffed and set at edges (center will still move slightly when pan is gently shaken), 25 to 27 minutes. Cool tart completely in pan on rack (center of filling will set as tart cools). DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover loosely and store at room temperature.


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Motorola is not allowed to stop Microsoft Xboxes from being sold in Germany after a US appeals court agreed that the sales ban was too narrow.
A court in Seattle prevented Google-owned Motorola from enforcing an injunction against the games console, and a three-judge panel at the appeals court has agreed with that decision.
Motorola and Microsoft have been trading patent lawsuits over Android and the Wi-Fi and video-compression technology in Xboxes. Motorola won a ban in Germany on the video patents, but the US courts have argued that there could be problems with inconsistent judgments because the German case was filed after a similar case in the US.
Motorola had said that it was "surprised" that Microsoft was trying to block the ban, when Motorola had to issue a security bond to cover Microsoft's losses if the decision was overturned on appeal. Moto added that Redmond could have gotten around the ban if it had just made an "unconditional offer" for a licence from Google.
Microsoft tried to get the ban stopped by asking Motorola to accept a bond from it of $300m and told the company that if it didn't agree, Microsoft would go to the district court.
The Windows 8 giant is reluctant to sign a contract with Motorola because it claims that the company's 2.25 per cent royalty would add up to around $4bn a year, although Motorola disputes that figure.
As a result, Microsoft filed a breach of contract suit in the US, currently scheduled for November, alleging that Motorola has breached its obligation to license the patents on a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory basis. It is because of the initial suit being filed on US soil, and the fact that it relates to two American companies, that the Seattle court was able to intervene in the matter of the Germany ban. ®


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Shine Fights has finalized matchups for its lightweight grand prix set to take place Friday at the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Okla.
Eight competitors will do battle in the single-night tournament: Kyle Baker, Charles Bennett, Dennis Bermudez, Richard Crunkilton, Drew Fickett, Shannon Gugerty, Carlo Prater and James Warfield.
The pairings were revealed Wednesday evening by Shine Fights COO Jason Chambers.
In the evening's first tournament bout, Fickett (37-13) meets Bennett (23-17-2).
Fickett, a UFC veteran, most recently snapped a five-fight losing streak with a submission win over veteran Derrick Noble.
Bennett, a longtime favorite of regional staple King of the Cage, most recently snapped a two-fight skid with a second-round submission over Harris Norwood.
In the second tournament bout, UFC vet Gugerty (12-5) meets undefeated prospect Bermudez (6-0).
Gugerty begins his comeback trail after going 1-3 in the UFC with back-to-back losses against Terry Etim and Clay Guida. Prior to his UFC stint, he went undefeated in eight fights and almost two years in regional competition.
Bermudez, who trains out of Blackman MMA in Harrisburg, Pa., most recently bested Joey Carroll by unanimous decision.
In tournament bout No. 3, Baker (8-4) fights Warfield (21-6).
Baker, a Shine Fight veteran, has victories over three UFC veterans, including Fickett, and most recently stopped Greg Jackson disciple Tommy Truex by first-round TKO.
Warfield, also a Shine Fight vet, has stopped his past four opponents by submission.
In the final tournament pairing, veterans Crunkilton (16-3) and Prater (24-7-1) square off.
Crunkilton returns after a 2-3 stint in the Zuffa-owned WEC. After a recent loss to Dave Jansen this past October, he was released from the promotion.
Prater, a Texas resident and student of veteran Yves Edwards' Thugjitsu, went 0-2 in the WEC and is attempting to rebuild on the regional circuit. He's 1-1 since a loss to Brock Larson at WEC 35 and most recently lost a unanimous decision to Antonio McKee. He holds notable career victories over UFC vets Carlos Condit, Spencer Fisher and Melvin Guillard.
As of now, no preliminary card matchups have been announced by Shine.
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IT managers say they are eagerly awaiting Windows 8-based tablets due out this fall, though some do wonder whether it's too late for Microsoft to successfully take on Apple iPads and various Android tablets.
"We are waiting with baited breath for Windows 8 on tablets," said Greg Fell, CIO at Terex, a manufacturer of construction products, in an interview at the Computerworld Premier 100 conference in Phoenix.
"We'd like a hybrid tablet with Windows," Fell explained, noting that Terex runs many Windows-based applications that would likely work well with a Windows 8 tablet.
Fell is so eager to hear what Microsoft has planned for Windows 8 tablets that he's attending a special two-day informational meeting with Microsoft officials next week in Redmond, Wash.
Terex workers already use "hundreds" of iPads in various ways, and the company recently ordered 250 more. At this point, Fell said Android tablets aren't considered secure enough.
Whether Microsoft can make any headway against Apple's dominance in the tablet market is questionable, Fell said.
"It's a question of whether Microsoft is too late to the game," he said. "If they stumble, they might be out of the [tablet] market."
Lenovo, which already makes a touchscreen tablet running Android Honeycomb, plans to release a Windows 8 in either September or October that will run on similar hardware, booth representatives at the conference said.
Box Chief Operating Officer Dan Levin said the Los Altos, Calif.-based cloud file system provider is already committed to supporting Windows 8 on tablets and other form factors, "even though we're not big Microsoft fans."
He said the limited success of Windows Phone has had workers at Box "laughing at Microsoft. Both Windows Phone users are in Finland."
But he added: "That [attitude] will change with Windows 8. It is a really good OS."
Levin had similar concerns as others at the conference, wondering "if anybody is going to give Microsoft a chance. It's their first tablet."
He predicted that enterprise customers will give Windows 8 on tablet a chance even if consumers do not. "It's going to give Microsoft a kick back into the big leagues, but the question is whether they are too late," Levin said.
One IT executive at a company in the Fortune 250 who asked not to be named said Windows 8 on tablets "won't be a big hitter. It's too little, too late."
Alex Yohn, assistant director of the office of technology at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W. Va., said Windows-based tablets have "huge potential. If the Windows tablet takes off, I see integration of the Windows tablet with Windows Phone."
Microsoft has released a Windows 8 Consumer Preview, which Yohn said a member of his team is testing. Last month, Microsoft said it would offer a Windows 8 version for ARM-based processors with Office software embedded. However,
Fell said he isn't as interested in an ARM-based tablet as much as one running an x86 processor.
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Splash Car Wash Pledges Support of "Stamford Against Dystrophy Day-March 17"
- Splash Car Wash to Donate a Portion of Day's Proceeds to MDA Summer Camp -
Stamford, Connecticut (March 12, 2010) – On March 17, in support of "Stamford Against Dystrophy Day", Splash Car Wash of Stamford, CT will donate a percentage of sales to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and the local MDA Summer Camp program. March 17 was recently named "Stamford Against Dystrophy Day" by Stamford Mayor, Mike Pavia, in honor of James Lacerenza, a local college student with cerebral palsy who campaigns tirelessly to support the MDA Summer Camp program. On his 23rd birthday this March 17, James Lacerenza and local area merchants will raise funds to help fulfill his dream of sending as many children as possible to the local MDA Summer Camp in Spring Valley, New York to help improve the lives of children living with and fighting neuromuscular diseases.
James Lacerenza's goal is to both raise awareness and funds to help sponsor campers for the 2010 summer camp season. By visiting Splash Car Wash, 649 Hope Street, Stamford, CT and other local merchants on "Stamford Against Dystrophy Day-March 17" local residents can help support James Lacerenza's MDA Summer Camp fundraising efforts..
About MDA Summer Camp
The MDA Summer Camp program was established in 1995. The Spring Valley, NY Sumer Camp plays host to 70 campers every year in a fully accessible, fully supervised environment that is free of charge to the families of children suffering from muscular dystrophy. Barriers are broken and lasting friendships are made. From playing basketball, baseball and soccer, swimming, fishing, canoe and horse riding, as well as crafts, cookouts and talent shows – MDA summer campers do it all! To learn more about James' quest please visit http://www.mdactkids.org/.
About Splash Car Wash
Splash Car Wash is the 11th largest car-care company in the country with locations in Bridgeport, Cheshire, Cos Cob, Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, Hamden, New Haven, New Haven East, Norwalk, Shelton, Stamford, West Haven, Wilton, Bedford Hills, Brewster, White Plains and Mahopac. With over 29 years of experience, owners Mark Curtis and Chris Fisher are proud to offer a full range of car-care services. For a full list of car-care services and pricing at your local Splash Car Wash location please visit www.splashcarwashes.com or www.facebook.com/splash.carwash.


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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Beef Jerkey
She said that her friend's friend makes it. So I have an idea. I wonder if I can make it too. Les is gonna give me her dehydrator and I'm gonna try. Whatcha think?
I went online and got ideas from here and here and here. I'm kinda shocked that it takes only about 4 to 8 hours to dry. How can? I was thinking more like days, yeah? So, we'll see. For sure I'll document this misadventure!
You can find out more on how to make beef jerkey here at: Make That Jerkey.
My "once a week" blogging announcement didn't go over too well. Hahahaha . . . so I'll try for every other day.
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yeah, 'cause we heard the "reduced blogging thing" before.
it didnt work.
- May 23, 2012 at 10:17 AM
- Erick said...
Coolness! Let me know if you need an official taste tester.
- May 23, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Hahaha!!! U too funny. Looking forward to your beef jerky series. -lance
- May 23, 2012 at 3:48 PM
BTW, have you tried those super thinly sliced ones. They're like crispy chips. So ono. Sorry, I don't have the company name on-hand at this time. But, I think they're from Vegas. -lance
- May 23, 2012 at 3:52 PM
- Dd said...
See...I told you.....beef jerky !!! oh an tako too of course ....oh Geerrriii....
- May 23, 2012 at 4:55 PM
- Leslie's pics said...
I can't wait till you try...that was yummy!!! :-)
- May 23, 2012 at 7:32 PM
- jalna said...
Kevin, you get good memory. That's true . . . I think twice before I said I was gonna cut down.
For sure I'll save for you Erick . . . if it ever comes out.
I have tried those Lance. The ones I tried were sold at Sidestreet Inn. Soooo good!
Tako!!!! Good idea Didi.
Thanks for the dehydrator Les! We'll see how things go.
- May 23, 2012 at 10:17 PM
- Kalin's Mommy said...
Kalin and Len loved the peppered beef jerky! We were all fighting over the last piece.
- May 23, 2012 at 10:21 PM
- jalna said...
Glad you guys enjoyed it Mich!
- May 23, 2012 at 11:01 PM
Hi jalna, Is there any way you can find the original recipe for the one you are holding ?
looks good.
Make sure to bust out the dental floss afterwards otherwise you will wonder why people are avoiding talking to you :O0 jk :)
- May 24, 2012 at 10:14 AM
- CT said...
The "Secret" is that they fry it or deep fry it. My friends good friend makes something like that, it maybe the same person. Everytime we have a party at their house, her friend brings a bag of it.
- May 24, 2012 at 1:53 PM
- jalna said...
Hey Anon, I don't think I can get that recipe, but if I ever do, I'll let you know.
Fry, SUPrman! No wonda so ono!
- May 25, 2012 at 6:34 AM
- Betty Townsend said...
Long, long time ago, I remember my Dad making jerky...he dried it outside for days...seemed that way. He made two kinds, one with chili peppers and one without for us kids. So Ono! This looks great!
- May 25, 2012 at 7:25 PM
- jalna said...
Wow Betty!
- May 26, 2012 at 7:58 AM


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The National Academy of Continuing Legal Education offers courses that have been fully approved for MCLE credit by the Oregon State Bar. You can find our approved programs on Oregon State Bar website here http://www.osbar.org/members/mclesearch.asp.
Oregon attorneys may complete all 45 OR CLE credit hours from National Academy of Continuing Legal Education through multiple formats including DVDs, Audio CDs, Online & iOS/Android App! Attorneys may carry over a total of 15 OR general CLE credit hours to a subsequent compliance period. Although National Academy of Continuing Legal Education reports course attendance to the Oregon State Bar within 30 days of affidavit submission, Oregon attorneys must still file a completed compliance report with the Oregon State Bar MCLE.
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Home or Bust
Well, I'm back. Hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend. And for those outside the US of A, I hope you had a great Tuesday! We made it back home safe and sound Monday night, all thanks to a snazzy rental car that my Dad help secure for us during the week (thanks, Dad!). Boy, it's nice to drive a car that's from this decade. The car is a low-end Nissan, but even a low-end 2005 car is a whole heckuva lot better than our '97 Honda CR-V. Well, we did miss the space to put everything, but overall, the trip was a breeze.
Yesterday was pretty much a bust, but we were not going to let a closed waterpark due to full capacity, some nasty fire ants, and cancelled fireworks on account of a torrential downpour ruin our swell holiday. We did manage to have some moments of fun, plus, I was so happy to finally spend some time with my family.
For the occasion, I put up some fun illos from a "Home Meal Planner," dated 1957, in my Flickr. Click HERE for the entire set. Hope you enjoy!
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
The relation of beauty (of an image) to its model is such that beauty is in the image as well as in what it is an image of. From this one may conclude that beauty is two-fold... an image is said to be beautiful when it is well painted, and also it gives a good representation of the object.
- St. Bonaventure
According to Bonaventure, then, beauty involves both construction ("well painted") and mimesis ("representation of the object"). Aquinas later specified three elements of such beauty : integrity (wholeness, perfection), proportion (consonance), and clarity (brightness). As Heywood Maginnis points out (in his book Painting in the Age of Giotto), there is another element which underwrites all these and which the two Scholastics do not mention : invention, or originality.
As is well known, the logical architecture of Aquinas stemmed from Aristotle. I noted in an earlier essay ("Art and Ethos") how the Chicago Critics of the mid-20th century drew on two important Aristotelian approaches : first, his method of empirical analysis, which begins with the unique integrity of individual objects, and distinguishes carefully between the object itself and the different tools of analysis and classification used to investigate its various aspects; second, his concept of aesthetic form (in the Poetics) - which can be understood as the opposite of the current received notion. For Aristotle, the form of the poem is the configured whole, the conceptual-intelligible shape or trail left by the action represented (in dramatic poetry, this would be the plot). Nowadays we tend to assume that form involves the rhetorical surface aspects of the poem : diction, figuration, stanzaic design, etc. For Aristotle, such verbal surface is the matter (the building materials). What we today tend to call content (the subject-matter, the plot) is what Aristotle thinks of as form. Applying this Aristotelian perspective was one way the Chicago Critics tried to differentiate themselves from their predecessors, the New Critics, and to ground poetics on a broader critical foundation.
What would happen if these various elements were combined and applied in a sustained way toward contemporary poetry? They imply a sort of sculptural sense : substantial, dimensional. Concept and action shape the wholeness of the form; language, rhetoric and design contribute to that wholeness, but they don't identify or define the work. Applied retrospectively to the "golden age" of the early Moderns (American poetry from Whitman and Dickinson to about 1950), they would foreground the unique excellences (and limitations) - the particular originality and quiddity represented in the work of those poets.
In contrast, today's poets and critics seem to inhabit a sort of Flatland environment. Differences in style and approach are assigned (by both poets and critics) to the historico-genetic development of rival groups and schools. The mannerisms of each school fulfill the same role as brands do in marketing - quick identifiers, amenable to snap evaluation. Style and form are surface elements - artificial literary dialects, as a matter of fact, which can be absorbed by osmosis in the various MFA programs tending in one direction or another.
And what would happen to poetry, if such "sculptural" elements were part of the poet's awareness and practice? The Aristotelian concept of integrity as a "whole action" - a complete conceptual/enacted gesture - brings to mind the live sculpture of dance. But the masks of stylistic dialects - what we think of as opposing trends or schools in American poetry - are insufficient in themselves; the masque should be informed by plot, and by plot's thematic resonance.
If we think of the poem as a three-dimensional object, and the poet as a maker rather than a performer, then our concept of the poet's social role begins to shift as well. If we relegate the surface elements to the poem's matter, and think of the poem's formal integrity as its thematic-mimetic wholeness, its conceptual gesture - then we are starting to move in the direction of rhetorical moderation. That is, the surface elements of style and manner are moderated, subsumed and synthesized by a more general aim. The poet's literary-mimetic action is analogous to other kinds of social action, and participates in the spheres of shared history and culture. This sounds obvious; but it does not seem so obvious how current (and contrary) assumptions about the role of the poet (ie. as an inspired medium of aesthetic self-expression, or as an experimental participant in collective stylistics) fulfill the architectonic, thematic gesture as outlined by Aristotle and the Chicago School.
A 3-D poetics, in which form equals (narrative or conceptual-thematic) plot - by way of a middle style, capable of absorbing and reflecting all kinds of discourses and events - would confirm affinities between the artistic gesture of the poem and the multifarious aspects of the world. The aim of the poet as maker would be to frame such makings, so as to explore and engage that world as fully and accurately as possible.
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New Vimbly App Promises Easy Activity Planning in 10 Minutes or Less
Let's be honest: Booking a gym class, a wine tour, a cheese tasting or an art lesson really isn't all that hard.
But for city dwellers who have seemingly limitless recreational activities at their fingertips, a just-launched Web app called Vimbly wants to streamline the planning process.
Vimbly's Web site is pretty straightforward. There's a local map at the top of the page, with three key filters: Days of the week, start time and your price range. Below that, there's a table of search results, presented in calendar format. Users can book an event directly from the event's description page and pay via PayPal.
A quick search I ran for activities this week, ranging in price from $0 to $100 per person, brought me 159 results, including Samurai Sword classes and Intro to Cigars 101: Cut & Light.
The site also has a section called "Make Me Interesting," which includes the sub-categories "Adrenaline," "Crafty" and "Risque," to name a few (and yes, "Risque" is exactly what you'd expect it to be).
Vimbly is free to use, though it does require an email address or Facebook account. Most activities listed on the site range from free to $100. Vimbly charges vendors on the back end of the transaction, so users generally don't pay any kind of booking or ticket fee.
The inspiration for Vimbly came when the app's creator, Sam Lundin, searched online for an introductory photography course a couple of years ago. He says he got an overwhelming number of results through Google and saw an opportunity for better activity booking, like an "OpenTable or ZocDoc for recreational activities," as he describes it.
The site has a few obvious limitations. For starters, it's currently available only in New York City. The company plans to extend to four other cities — Boston, San Francisco, Denver and Washington, D.C. — sometime next year. And right now Vimbly lists approximately 300 activities through relationships it has with around 200 vendors — a good place to start, but still a small database.
Lastly, Vimbly isn't available as a mobile app yet, despite the SoMoLo (or is it SoLoMo?) craze, a term describing the convergence of social and local applications on mobile platforms. Lundin says Vimbly's mobile apps are in the works, though he declined to say when they'll become available. (In the meantime, mobile users can look to apps like Goby and WillCall for local fun or last-minute tickets.)
Still, if you're booking a date or just plain bored, Vimbly's site might present some options you haven't thought of before.


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Archive - Sep 9, 2013
On tour
I haven't been speaking lately, but I have missed performing at nursing homes, so I took five on this week: Fertile and Twin Valley last week, Hawley today, Halstad tomorrow and Crookston Wednesday.
Today in Hawley, I asked a woman in the front row how she was doing.
"Well, I am not a chocolate chip cookie, I can tell you that much for sure!"
I said I wouldn't hold it against her.
Afterward in the coffee hall where we had some delicious fresh donuts, a man told me he had written a poem about himself, would I care to hear it?
I said sure.
"When I get drunk and take a walk
I pick up cigarettes butts off the sidewalk.
I have a whole box."
It is sure a heck of a lot better than this!
Aunt Olla had an eye appointment today. I couldn't take her due to the Hawley engagement, so I leaned on brother Joe. It was a little ambiguous what the appointment was about as it was allegedly to fix some broken glasses, although the ones on her nose looked fine.
Eventually, it came out: Olla was hoping to use a pair of broken old frames as an excuse to get new, more fashionable frames for when she's in the casket at her funeral. But since her eyes have not changed and she had glasses on the end of her nose at that very moment which were perfectly fine, her attempt to scam the system was found out and denied.
Tonight we arrived at a solution. They sell very fashionable reading glasses for next to nothing at drugs stores and at Wal-mart. Since she won't need to see through them in her casket, the prescription won't matter.
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|Adelaide, age 3 (earliest picture I have)
When I was growing up, one grandmother lived with us all the time, the other for 6 months of the year. I don't think I really appreciated all that they did -- for starters, they took care of all four of my parents' children in an era when mothers were expected to be home. No lunchroom at school: kids had an hour and a quarter to walk home, eat, and return for the afternoon. She was there to nurture us and feed us every day, 24-7.
∞∞∞∞∞Adelaide Copeland Harvey was born 3 a.m., 4 November 1893 in Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Her birth certificate lists her name as "Miss Harvey" daughter of Joe Harvey and Alice Copeland and siblings of "Riley, Cathy and Copeland." The doctor recorded the birth the same day but no one ever went back and filled in the name. She told me she was so sickly as a baby that she was carried around on a pillow -- maybe no one thought when she did live, to go back and tell the town clerk that she had a first name.
Luckily that wasn't as much a problem as I thought it might be when I tried years later to correct her death certificate. Adelaide H Richardson died 6 August 1971 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 87. Only, a bit of arithmetic shows that she wasn't 87 but really only 77. I decided that I should tell the folks in the State of Vital Records office that her death certificate was incorrect. It took a number of months with notarized letters back and forth, copies of her birth certificate and certificates identifying her parents to finally get her death certificate amended. Now, if you order a copy, at the bottom, is the "AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF DEATH" listing her mother's name as "Alice Copeland" instead of "Alice (don't know)" and date of birth as November 4, 1893" instead of "1883" --- type of document: "affidavit of granddaughter..." not mentioning any of the vital records I had sent.
So who was this Adelaide Harvey who married Robert W Richardson? Definitely more than just someone who was 77 when she died from pneumonia, carcinoma of the lung, with contributing conditions of chronic bronchitis and asthma and carcinoma of the face. To me, she was "Grawa," the name I gave her when I first tried talking. She was the person who would always have treats for us children at lunch such as a homemake cake with butter cream frosting or send one of us out to buy one package of Paul Malls for her along with Hersey with almonds or Nutty buddies for everyone -- depending upon the season.
Adelaide grew up the youngest of 4 children. Her early years were near relatives in Wisconsin. One day her aunt, Isabel Harvey Wegemann was minding her while making angel food cakes for the church supper. Addie watched as her aunt carefully separated a dozen egg whites for each cake. This became an all-day project as Isabel baked a dozen angel food cakes, all for the church supper -- no tasting! Addie was devastated that she could not even have a little taste. At the end of the day, Isabel made one more angel food cake for Addie to take home for dinner. Every year thereafter, her sister Katherine made her an angel food cake for her birthday. In later years, Auntie Kath would mail an angel food cake and we would look forward to the treat of eating of that very special cake. It always looked somewhat battered and mishapened, but oh did it taste good.
[Katherine Harvey Rhodes, died 1964]
[Stories told to me both by Adelaide and by my mother]
Her family moved from Lake Mills, to Madison Wisconsin so two of her siblings could go to college. Her mother ran a boarding house nearby while Kath and Riley attended the University of Wisconsin. Then her family moved to Oak Park, Illinois. After graduating from Oak Park High School, she married Robert Worthington Richardson on 15 January 1916.
This gorgeous wedding photo belies some of her challenges ahead. When her second daughter was born, her mother moved in to help take care of the children and then died suddenly. After her mother's death, depression set in and she was sent to the Kellog Institute in Battle Creek where they thought grains and special diet could cure many ills. Her two daughters were cared for by her brothers and their wives while she was gone. There was a comedy movie made about this health sanitarium, "On the Road to Wellville." Years later, whenever we had popcorn, she always ate hers with milk on it -- "It's a cereal," she'd explain.
She had asthma all her life, I remember her sitting on the side of her bed and wheezing and using her atomizer. She developed sores all over her face as a young adult. She saw doctors who never figured out what caused it, one even tried treating it with x-rays. It think the sores all over her face probably itched. Sometimes, she'd sit on the side of her bed and clap her two hands on her cheeks of her face. It wasn't until the early 1950s that someone figured out that those sores were a staph infection, and they responded to treatment.
As a young mother, she developed cataracts in both eyes and ended up having surgery twice. This was in the days when the patient couldn't move her head for a couple of weeks and would lie in bed with her head sandbagged in place. Her first surgery was semi-successful, the second was a failure. So, she lost the sight in one eye from an allergic reaction to the medication. Not only did she lose her sight, but her brown eye turned blue.
We grew up, knowing Grawa had different colored eyes and didn't see too well with her "good eye." I didn't stop her from preparing meals, but it did lead to many things dropped. Whenever she would drop something, she would yell "Nothing fell!" If my mother was home, she would send a child to "see what nothing is this time." We had a high-breakage rate for dishes dropped by Grawa, and so the first Christmas when Corning had "unbreakable" dishes, that was the family Christmas present. My slightly unusual father, loved the fact that Corning would replace any dishes that broke. When visitors came to our house, Dad loved to ask if they had seen these new unbreakable plates before and he would then "frisbee-toss" a plate to the usually horrified startled guest.
One really cold winter night, I was sitting in the living room and there was a loud crash in the kitchen, "Nothing fell!" I went out to find Grawa had somehow dropped a gallon of root beer syrup [a Christmas gift from my best friend]. The glass jug hit the back edge of the washing machine, broke and there was root beer syrup going down the wall in the pantry behind and under the machine. While I spent the evening trying to clean it up [we eventually had to disconnect and move the machine to clean it up], my brother was in the basement with my father trying to thaw the frozen water pipes. Dad came up for a break. My brother came up and joyfully announced the pipes were dripping. "If they're dripping, they're leaking and they're broken!" Dad went downstairs to find root beer syrup leaking through the pantry floor into the basement.
Later in life, Grawa decided to get a glass eye that would cover her blue eye. Each night Grawa would take her teeth out and put them on the dresser and then take out her eye and put it in an eye cup next to the teeth. My youngest sister always assumed that's what everyone's grandmother did. When she put the eye back in, it didn't always line up "just right" and she would need us kids to tell her if she appeared to be looking at the ceiling with one eye.
Early Sunday morning before Christmas 1963, Grawa got up to go to the bathroom and couldn't seem to focus as well with her "good eye." She woke my mother, "Alice, I can't decide if the house is on fire or if I can't focus" -- I heard my mother yell -- "Ted, wake up, the house is on fire!" Once outside, my mother was checking to see that everyone was there -- the only one missing was my father. When she asked a fireman if he had seen her husband he replied, "Is he the stark-naked guy inside telling us how to fight the fire?"
The fire chief had told us that the fire had smoldered all night, possibly started by something as simple as a mouse running in the walls--static electricity. It started in the wall below the fire-break between the basement and kitchen. It had just broken through the wall into the kitchen and was filling the house with smoke when Grawa woke us. The chief said if we had slept another 10 minutes, no one would have gotten out.
Thank you Grawa for saving our lives!
The link to this post is http://genea-adventures.blogspot.com/2013/02/i-remember-grawa.html
©2013 Erica Dakin Voolich


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Nanotechnology often seems like a magical science, promising everything from tiny robots that can build cities on other planets to eternal life through cellular repair. But more prosaic applications of existing nanotechnology are being found every day. One such application, currently being pursued by researchers at the Birck Nanotechnology Center in Purdue's Discovery Park, is using tiny carbon nanotubes to greatly improve heat transfer between silicon chips and heatsinks.
Carbon nanotubes are specially-grown constructions of carbon atoms, arranged in a hexagonal lattice similar to chicken wire, then rolled up into long, thin tubes. The lattices are typically about 4 to 70 nanometers in diameter, are surprisingly strong and, as it turns out, also quite efficient at heat transfer.
Carbon nanotubes. Image courtesy Wikipedia.
Growing your cooling solution
The researchers started by placing dendrimers, crystalline molecules that look a bit like snowflakes, on the surface of a silicon chip. Then they placed particles of metal that acted as catalysts and exposed the whole assembly to methane gas, which was broken down into its component carbon and hydrogen by zapping it with microwave energy. The liberated carbon attaches itself to the dendrimers and grows the nanotubes right on the surface. The nanotubes are "multi-walled," which means they have several layers of the carbon chicken wire, adding to their structural stability and lowering the defect rate. According to the researchers, they can control the diameter of the tubes and the density of tube growth on the chip to suit their purposes.
The nanotubes greatly increase the efficiency of heat transfer between the chip and its heatsink. Traditionally, the poor conductivity caused by air bubbles in the uneven metal surface of a heatsink has been mitigated by solutions like thermal grease, but the nanotubes provide a direct connection that conducts heat better. Better conductivity would allow higher-clocked CPUs to run cooler and potentially allow laptops to be designed with smaller heatsinks and cooling systems. The research paper states that varying the temperature and nanotube diameter allowed them to reach a thermal resistance of under 10 mm^2 K/W. While this isn't a huge improvement in thermal resistance by itself (a 0.03 mm thick layer of the best Arctic Silver has a thermal resistance of about 3 to 6 mm^2 K/W) the researchers believe that with further testing their method should "significantly outperform" traditional thermal greases. Another advantage of the carbon nanotube method is that, unlike thermal greases, the nanotubes won't dry out over time.
Scanning Electron Microscope image of the nanotubes. Image courtesy Nanotechnology.
After the tubes are grown like hair on the surface of the chip, the last step is to glue them to the heatsink, which sits atop the chip. This is accomplished with small organic molecules called amines that are attached to the dentrimers to "seal" the nanotubes at both ends.
Other researchers have tried the idea of nanotube connections before, but their technique was to grow the nanotubes separately and then attach them to the chips or mix them into thermal paste directly. The Purdue researchers' technique of growing the nanotubes directly on the chip itself provides much better conductivity than either of these approaches. Control over tube defects and diameters allows the bristly molecules to fit better into the tiny holes that pockmark the surface of the heatsink.
The paper discussing the use of nanotubes in heat conduction for electronics is published in the September issue of the journal Nanotechnology. It was written by Placidus B. Amama; Baratunde A. Cola; Timothy D. Sands, director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center and the Basil S. Turner Professor of Materials Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Xianfan Xu and Timothy S. Fisher, both professors of mechanical engineering. The research is still a few years away from being applied to commercial products.


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Knitting for Olive HEAVY Merino - Charcoal
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What is Yellow Dog UKTM?
The Yellow Dog Project is a registered charity created to bring awareness to dogs who need space while training, recovering from surgery, or being rehabilitated.
If you see a dog with a YELLOW ribbon, bandana or similar on the leash or on the dog, this is a dog which needs some space.
Please, do not approach this dog or its people with your dog. They are indicating that their dog cannot be close to other dogs. How close is too close? Only the dog or his people know, so maintain distance and give them time to move out of your way.
Why might a dog need space?
There are many reasons why a dog may need space. It may...
- have health issues
- be a rescue dog being rehabilitated. The world can be a very scary place for these dogs.
- have had a bad experience with another dog or is just not like the kind of friendly dogs which always want to say "Hi!"
- be a bitch may be in heat
- be in training
- be very old and arthritic
- be nervous or shy and other dogs cause it stress
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Glenallachie Distillery
Founded: 1967
Stills: 2 wash 2 Spirit
Water Source: Ben Rinnes Mountain
Capacity: 2.8 Million Litres
Owners: Pernod Ricard
1967-Present: A Low Key Blending Machine
There are very few bottlings of Glenallachie available. Only in recent years have more independent expressions begun to emerge. There was an official 12yo in the mid eighties but this whisky was so dire that it seems like little surprise that there wasnt another official bottling until 2008. This time an 18yo cask strength sherry monster that was much better, full on oily concentrated sherry, dried fruits, nuts, mineral and clean oak all in full force make it a belter of a dram. Sherry is regularly filled at the distillery so this has had a big impression on the house style over the years. There are other fantastic examples in sherry, a 35yo 1975 by Speciality Drinks was a stunning aged example, big, clean, fruit laden and rich it was a textbook example of a great sherry aged Speysider. The Perfect Dram also had two excellent aged examples recently, a 1971 and 1972 bottled 2010 both from refill bourbon. Both were exceptionally fresh, aromatic aged malts. Full of honey, flowers and fruits that showed what a clean and pristine make Glenallachie is. They also further underlined how well the make can age and that Glenallachie is one of those distillates that probably need a good 18 years under its belt before it really starts to shine.
There have been a few other bottlings at younger ages but not that many were exceptional. Hopefully we will see more of these farily priced and aged expressions from the independents in the future, and maybe some more official versions to match the great 18yo. Who knows? Whats for sure is that, when it wants to, Glenallachie can be pretty stunning.


text: Irina Bokova awarded National Order by Costa Rica External Feeds 06-11-2013 Vera Waage Vera Waage 06-11-2013 © UNESCO On 6 November 2013 the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, received the Juan Mora Fernández National Order Award from the Government of Costa Rica. The decoration was awarded to Ms Bokova by the President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla Miranda. On 6 November 2013 the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, received the Juan Mora Fernández National Order Award from the Government of Costa Rica. The decoration was awarded to Ms Bokova by the President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla Miranda. Juan Mora Fernández was the first Head of State of Costa Rica, a promoter of the Federal Republic of Central America, and a defender of freedom and peace. The award is granted by the Government of Costa Rica to foreign personalities for their distinguished work in the area of diplomacy and foreign affairs. Among those who have been awarded the decoration in the past, are the current President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, former United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, Anne Slaughter Andrew and Prince Albert of Monaco. "Both Costa Rica and our Organization are tireless promoters and defenders of peace," stated Irina Bokova. "The example Costa Rica has given the world by abolishing its army and by dedicating today a substantial part of its public expenditure to the development of education, are testimony to the commitment the people of Costa Rica to living in peace, to enjoying freedom, to promoting the rights and dignity of all, as embodied in the constitution." In her address, the Director-General spoke about Juan Mora Fernandez's legacy and the work of President Chinchilla in promoting peace and dialogue in Costa Rica, thanking the President for this honor, which she accepted on behalf of UNESCO. "This award is also to celebrate UNESCO's first woman Director-General and this is also very meaningful to me" stated President Chinchilla. 'This is a sign of trust and confidence in UNESCO, in our work to lay the foundations for lasting peace and sustainable development today." The award ceremony took place within the framework of the 37th session of UNESCO's General Conference. Earlier on the same day, President Chinchilla was a key-note speaker during the UNESCO Leader's Forum. The theme of this year's Forum is "UNESCO mobilizing for and contributing to the post-2015 agenda through education, the sciences, culture and communication and information." The Director-General also made an address at the opening of the Leader's Forum, with the President of Tunisia, Mr. Mousef Marzouki and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania, Mr. Algirdas Butkevicius. Country: Costa Rica alfaraadet initiativ


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"The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness." Matthew 6:22,23
Suggested Further Reading: Philippians 3:17-21
God will say to thee, "Take no thought for the morrow, be careful for nothing;" Mammon will say to thee, "Look ahead, be careful for everything;"
and when God says to thee, "Give of thy substance to the poor;" Mammon will say, "Hold it tight, it is that giving that spoils everything;" and when God will say unto thee, "Set not thy affections on the things of earth;" Mammon will say, "Get money, get money, get it anyhow;" and when God saith, "Be upright;" Mammon will say, "Cheat thy own father if thou canst win by it."
Mammon and God are at such extreme ends of the earth and so desperately opposed, that I trust, Christian, thou art not such a fool, as to attempt to serve them both. If thou dost thou hast the worldling's eye, and thou art a worldling thyself. Remember, too, if thou triest to do this we may suspect thee of having the hypocrite's eye. As Matthew Henry says, "The hypocrite is like the waterman; he pulls this way, but he looks that. He pretends to look to heaven, but he pulls towards his own interest. He says, 'he looks to Christ,' but he is always pulling towards his own private advantage. The true Christian, however, is like a traveller; he looks to the goal and then he walks straight on to it; he goes the way he is looking." Be then not like the hypocrite, who hath this double eye, looking one way and going the other. An old Puritan said, "A hypocrite is like the hawk; the hawk flies upward, but he always keeps his eye down on the prey; let him get up as high as he will, he is always looking on the ground. Whereas, the Christian is like the lark, he turns his eye up to heaven, and as he mounts and sings he looks upward and he mounts upward."
For meditation: Not looking where you ought to be going can have disastrous consequences (Luke 6:39-42).
Sermon no. 335 / 17 September (Preached 16 September 1860) – Charles Spurgeon
– Bible Gateway.Com


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